Janet McCabe
Janet Garvin McCabe is an American attorney and academic who was selected as Joe Biden's nominee for deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the incoming Biden Administration.
Janet McCabe | |
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| Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Leader | Michael S. Regan |
| Succeeding | Henry Darwin |
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| Education | Harvard University (AB, JD) |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law Environmental policy |
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Education
McCabe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctor from Harvard University.[1]
Career
McCabe served as the air director of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management from 1999 to 2005 before joining the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 as Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. From From July 2013 to January 2017, she served as acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. After leaving government McCabe became the director of the Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University law professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.[2]
On January 15, 2021, it was announced that McCabe would be Joe Biden's nominee for deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.[3][4]
References
- "Janet McCabe | Midwest Climate Summit | Washington University in St. Louis". midwestclimatesummit.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- "News Expert Profile". News at IU. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- Beitsch, Rebecca (2021-01-15). "Biden taps Janet McCabe to serve as deputy at EPA". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- Bowman, London Gibson and Sarah. "Biden picks Hoosier Janet McCabe to be No. 2 at the Environmental Protection Agency". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
